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To: pallmer who wrote (4683)	1/9/2003 10:19:11 PM
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-- N.Korea pulls out of NPT,not to produce nuclear arms -- SEOUL, Jan 10 (Reuters) - North Korea's official news agency said on Friday the communist country was pulling out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but had no intention of developing nuclear weapons. "The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in a statement today declared its withdrawal from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its total freedom from the binding force of the safeguards accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," said the KCNA news agency. The withdrawal was immediate, it said. "Though we pull out of the NPT, we have no intention to produce nuclear weapons and our nuclear activities at this stage will be confined only to peaceful purposes such as the production of electricity," it said. The move follows an ultimatum from the Vienna-based IAEA, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, on Monday calling on North Korea to readmit nuclear inspectors whom Pyongyang expelled last month. The inspectors were monitoring a nuclear reactor suspected of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons. ((Reporting by Paul Eckert; paul.eckert@reuters.com; Editing by Jane Macartney, Messaging: Paul.Eckert.reuters.com@reuters.net; +82-2-3704-5510)) (C) Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. nSEO104860 10-Jan-2003 03:04:51 GMT Source RTRS - Reuters News